Tuesday 13 October 1925

It was Tuesday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Calvin Coolidge (Republican).
Little Annie Rooney, directed by William Beaudine, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1925
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Lenny Bruce: American satirical nightclub comedian, known for biting and controversial subject matter, who changed the landscape of standup comedy and cleared the way for Richard Pryor, George Carlin and others. He wrote a largely fictionalized autobiography, "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People" in 1963. At one time he was married to a stripper and drug user, with whom he had one daughter before divorcing. He died of a heroin overdose on 8/03/1966 in Hollywood, CA.

In writing the life of Byron in the form of a novel I have endeavored, as in The Divine Lady and in my other books, to touch biography with imagination and to present the essential truth as I see it, ...